All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

When I had nothing to lose, I had everything. When I stopped being who I am, I found myself.

Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

Genius is sorrow's child.

Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

When one door is closed, don't you know that many more are open

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

The battle for women's rights has been largely won.

A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.

If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.

Get off your butt and join the Marines!

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.

I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

All that you accomplish or fail to accomplish with your life is the direct result of your thoughts.

Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.

Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.

Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.